Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Alan Chipperfield a very unique and special friend of mine. He is 85 years old and lives in historic Price House in Richmond NSW (circa 1815), which is also the showrooms and display area for possibly one of the best antique and antique furniture restoration businesses in Sydney.

Alan works daily on restoring antiques to their former beauty, but he is also multi talented, plays the piano daily, is an avid chess player and has a razor sharp mind. He and I get together once a week to work on painting portraits... just one of his many goals!

He is also extremely proud of his sons, one of whom is a world renowned architect and the other a journalist.

Recently Alan decided to convert an old dilapidated storage shed into a Showroom and Gallery, and wanted to display some of my paintings in it.

Tuesday, December 06, 2016

A special exhibition was held last Sunday at the Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, to commemorate Brian Jones's life, and his contribution to the Hawkesbury area. The paintings were by Brian Jones, and some of the works he had donated to the Friends of the Hawkesbury Regional Gallery ( and also my portraits of Brian). Friends and colleagues were able to gather together to honour and remember him. Speeches were given by Hawkesbury Councilors Paul Rasmussen and Christine Paine, and Artist Greg Hansell among others.

Computer problems have been/are holding things up lately, here are some of my paintings on show at the moment at the Hawkesbury Regional Gallery until the 4th of December as part of the annual Hawkesbury Artists Fair. The Exhibition was opened by the new Hawkesbury Mayor Mary Lyons-Buckett.

Saturday, September 10, 2016

it was a fairly busy day today. first a portrait demonstration at
St.John's Church Fete' at Wilberforce, the sitter was well known local
artist Russell McKane
and then on to the Piggery Studio which is open
this weekend as part of the' Hawkesbury Artists and Artisans Trail' open
weekend and also the 'Combined Art Societies of Sydney' "September is
Art Month"

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Monday, June 06, 2016

on 4th & 5th of June The
Friends of the Hawkesbury Art Community & Regional Gallery Inc
(FOHACARG) held an exhibition
called "Barns" at the Deerubbin Centre in Windsor.

Paintings,
drawings and etchings with iconic images of barns dating from the early
1900s sourced from the collections of the Friends of the Hawkesbury Art
Community and Regional Art Gallery (FOHACARG) were hung alongside
works by contemporary artists.

There was also a talk on "Hawkesbury Barns" by graham Edds, an authority in historic Australian architecture. Graham completed a 'Slab barn Study' for the Hawkesbury Council and was able to provide a lot of information on the early barns in this area, their numbers, methods of construction, issues of preservation and their historical significance.

As the third settlement in the Pioneering History of Australia the Hawkesbury area has a unique history and apriceless heritage which is in danger of being lost as these structures are allowed to deteriorate and disappear.

Australia doesn't have a good track record of preserving it's history, which is often not appreciated andtherefore is neglected. there are current legal disputes involvingresidents fighting to save local history from insensitive bureaucratic decisions.